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- Eric William Barnum
A choral director and composer, Eric William Barnum (b. 1979) is currently the director of the Maverick Men’s Ensemble at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He holds a B.A. in Music with emphases in Composition and Vocal Performance from Bemidji State University, and an advanced degree in Choral Conducting from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Eric William Barnum’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.He received honorable mention in the 2006 Morton Gould Young Composer Competition and was a winner of the 2006 Vocal Essence Essentially Choral Competition. He was a recipient of both a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship and a McKnight Foundation Grant. He was the Composer-in-Residence for Kantorei, based in Denver, CO, for the 2005-2006 season as well as the Composer-in-Residence for The Rose Ensemble, an acclaimed early music ensemble in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in 2004-2005. He received a JCCP Composers Grant (funded by the Jerome Foundation in association with the American Composer’s Forum) in 2004. He was the winner of the Chanticleer Composer Competition in 2003 with She Walks in Beauty, premiered by the world-renowned ensemble. He has a growing list of published works.
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